Philippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ and boosts coal power as Iran war grinds on (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 03:17
https://lemmy.world/post/44709566

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”.

The state of emergency, which will initially last for a year, was declared just hours after the country’s energy secretary said the Philippines planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.

“A state of national energy emergency is hereby declared in light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and the resulting imminent danger posed upon the availability and stability of the country’s energy supply,” the executive order released on Tuesday evening said.

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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Mar 03:37 next collapse

Is that the fucking gambit? More coal?

edit: everyone’s checked my privilege and I absolutely get it

Endmaker@ani.social on 25 Mar 04:09 next collapse

What’s the alternative for a not-so-wealthy country in the short term?

venusaur@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 04:10 next collapse

They’re poor

shawn1122@sh.itjust.works on 25 Mar 04:29 collapse

Pretty standard for a post colonial / global south nation with limited resources. Especially when the alternative is to go without electricity.

brem@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 03:50 next collapse

Destabilize before invasion, any side effects are a benefit towards the end game, which is to weaken the US on the world stage and start a war that gives power to the newly rebuilt Soviet Union & it’s henchmen.

Auli@lemmy.ca on 25 Mar 12:40 collapse

Russia literally doesn’t have the man power.

dotCody@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 04:36 next collapse

I had no idea duterte the criminal was finally arrested 🤣

miked@piefed.social on 26 Mar 00:32 collapse

Only to be replaced by the Marcos criminal family.

answersplease77@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 06:06 collapse

less than 10 yrs from now climate change will cause the biggest mass migrations in mankind history

yakko@feddit.uk on 25 Mar 06:47 next collapse

You know what’s terrible though? The conventional wisdom is that increases in migration give right wing candidates a boost in the polls. That’s why they like pollution, their friends make more money, it affects poor people most, and down the line (they believe) it will hand them every election.

I can only hope the conventional wisdom is wrong in this case.

Auli@lemmy.ca on 25 Mar 12:39 collapse

The futurama episode on climate change is hilarious and they show real data.